blazed

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1adj.

of a tree, marked by the removal of a piece of bark to reveal the white wood.

Quotations

1816

I passed through fifty or sixty miles of wood, by a road chiefly composed of blazed trees. . . .

1963

Two blazed trees . . . will show us the lobstick portage.

2adj.

of a trail, property line, etc., identified by a series of trees, stumps, etc. that have been marked with blazes.

1842

The traps for martens are placed along a blazed path (called a "cat path") leading into the interior. . . .

1852

Being unused to the bush roads, they had missed the blazed line that led to his clearing.

1965

I felt a sudden heartening thrill at the knowledge that this modest, blazed footpath went on and on. . . .